United counts the cost of West Brom victory
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August 16, 2011, Tuesday
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MANCHESTER United was left counting the cost of its season-opening 2-1 win at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, with injuries to defenders Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, and new goalie David De Gea enduring another erratic performance.
Before kickoff at The Hawthorns, the English Premier League champion announced that Brazilian full-back Rafael da Silva had dislocated his shoulder and would be out for the next 10 weeks.
Its defensive problems deepened once the match started, with its two experienced central defenders Vidic and Ferdinand forced off with injuries in the second half.
Captain Vidic struggled for most of the game with a knee injury before coming off in the 52nd minute and is expected to be out for at least two weeks.
Ferdinand faces a longer spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury which forced him off 15 minutes from time and is likely to be out for six weeks, ruling him out of England's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Wales and Bulgaria next month.
Speaking afterwards, manager Alex Ferguson told Sky Sports: "We've had a rough time with injuries.
"Rio will be out for six weeks. Vida will have checks on Monday, we don't know if it's just a nerve or something, but he could be out for a couple of weeks."
Although United won with a well-taken strike from Wayne Rooney after 13 minutes and an own-goal by Steven Reid nine minutes from time, the other main concern for United was new goalie De Gea's performance.
The 20-year-old Spaniard, tipped for a long career at United, followed up two mistakes in last week's Community Shield win over Manchester City, with another blunder that allowed West Brom to equalize with a tame shot from Shane Long.
"David's concentration cost him the goal, it was a slack goal to lose," Ferguson said.
"He took a battering in the second half. It was a real welcome to English football. He was targeted. You saw the abuse he got, but he had to withstand it and it was a good experience for him."
Before kickoff at The Hawthorns, the English Premier League champion announced that Brazilian full-back Rafael da Silva had dislocated his shoulder and would be out for the next 10 weeks.
Its defensive problems deepened once the match started, with its two experienced central defenders Vidic and Ferdinand forced off with injuries in the second half.
Captain Vidic struggled for most of the game with a knee injury before coming off in the 52nd minute and is expected to be out for at least two weeks.
Ferdinand faces a longer spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury which forced him off 15 minutes from time and is likely to be out for six weeks, ruling him out of England's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Wales and Bulgaria next month.
Speaking afterwards, manager Alex Ferguson told Sky Sports: "We've had a rough time with injuries.
"Rio will be out for six weeks. Vida will have checks on Monday, we don't know if it's just a nerve or something, but he could be out for a couple of weeks."
Although United won with a well-taken strike from Wayne Rooney after 13 minutes and an own-goal by Steven Reid nine minutes from time, the other main concern for United was new goalie De Gea's performance.
The 20-year-old Spaniard, tipped for a long career at United, followed up two mistakes in last week's Community Shield win over Manchester City, with another blunder that allowed West Brom to equalize with a tame shot from Shane Long.
"David's concentration cost him the goal, it was a slack goal to lose," Ferguson said.
"He took a battering in the second half. It was a real welcome to English football. He was targeted. You saw the abuse he got, but he had to withstand it and it was a good experience for him."
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